[Structural characteristics of asthenia in autoimmune thyroiditis].

An examination of 319 patients with hypertrophic form of autoimmune thyroiditis, including 157 patients with diffusive and 162 - with diffusive-nodule structure of the gland, has demonstrated the appearance of asthenic disorders during the euthyroid phase of the disease. Characteristics of these disorders relative to the thyroid gland structure and its diffusive or diffusive-nodule form were found. The association between changes in the immune homeostasis and characteristics of mental disorders was revealed.